Obviously, Mencken couldn't be bothered to actually learn anything about the religion that he so viciously attacks. The truth is, christianity, especially as found in the Bible, has LIBERATED man and woman, has been the cause of scientific and social and cultural progress, and has always been the antagonist of bad laws, bad government, bad institutions, and bad social theories. Yes, there have been people who have spectacularly corrupted the christian religion, but it was those who practiced a true and honest christian religion that fought against both the evil institution of slavery and the bogus "divine right" of kings, as well as many other evils. Thousands of churches - small congregations and large - spoke out against American wars starting with the invasion of Canada in 1812, the invasion of Mexico in 1845, the aggression of the North against the South in 1861, the evil alliance with Britain and France in WW1, the American policies which led to the attack in 1941 and again in 1950 (and again in 1990), the lies that led to the Indochina War, and the evil doctrine of preemptive war that led to the Iraqi invasion. But the media, always eager both to sell papers (and thus their other goals) and to support the elite (who are still to this day corrupting much of religion), do not report these - and if they do, the current fad is to claim that religious institutions cannot constitutionally influence government policy.